Holder for needles and the like.



F. W. HAWKES.

HOLDER FOR NEEDLES AND THE LIKE.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 12,1908.

Patented May 25, 1909.

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FREDERIC W. HAWKES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOLDER FOR NEEDLES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Application filed June 12, 1908. Serial No. 438,219.

[b all when: it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIC W. HAwKEs, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Needles and the Like; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in holders for needles and the like,one object of the invention being to provide convenient and suflicient means for the retention and safe keeping of needles and the like, and which shall be simple and economical in construction.

A further object is to so construct a needle case and cushion that the same can be readily fitted into the axial opening of an ordinary spool of thread, and to so construct the device that it shall be retained within the spool in a manner to preventits accidental disp acement from any cause.

A further object is to so construct a device of the character above mentioned that it will also serve to retain the loose end or ends of thread.

With these objects inview the invention consists in certain novel features of construc' tion and combinations of parts as hereinafter setforth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view showing one-embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the application of the device to a spool. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is aperspective View of the needle cushion. Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 are views illustrating various modifications.

1 represents a socket piece which may be made of sheet metal or other suitable ma terial andits lower end is closed, as shown at 2. This socket piece is adapted to enter the axial bore of a spool, and, on account of the various sizes of the bores of spools the socket piece will be constructed in a manner to permit its expansion or contraction and thus enable it to be inserted into the bore of a spool regardless of the diameter of the bore and to closely hug the wall of said bore so as to have sufficient frictional contact therewith to prevent the accidental displacement of the socket piece. The socket piece 1 may be thus caused to fit tightly Within the spool in various ways: For instance, it may be provided with longitudinal corrugations, as shown at 3 in Fig. 1, one. ring or collar 4 of rubber or other material which would offer friction, may be placed on the socket piece and, by its frictional'contact with the wall of the bore in the spool,-prevent accidental dis-.

placement of the socketlpiece, such collar being shown in Fig. 5. The socket piece 1 may also bemade adaptable to the bore ofthe spool by slitting it'as shown at 5 Fig. 7, or

by slitting the socket piece spirally as shown at 6 Fig. 9, or said socket piece may be slotted as shown at 7 Fig. 11.

Instead of retaining the socket piece in the bore of the spool by causing frictional contact thereof with the wall of said bore, said socket piece may be threaded as seen at 8 Fig. 10, which threads will impinge against the wall of the bore. The threads 8 also serve another purpose which will be hereinafter explaine V I The socket piece 1 is open at its upper end and provided with an annular flange 9 which is adapted to act as a stop for the socket piece to prevent the latter from passing completely through the spool.

or it may e made in the form of an annular said socket piece, but in either case it will be provided at its periphery with a lip 10 adapt-' ed to engage the end of the spool. ihe flange or disk 9 not only serves as a stop to prevent the socket piece from being pushed too far through the spool, but it also serves to receive advertising matter which may be stam ed therein or applied by means of a suitable label. The lip 10 will also serve as a retaining device for the loose end of a thread. Instead of making the flange or disk Q'circular, it may be made angular, as illustrated in Fig. 6, and may be provided with a notch 11 forming a thread cutter. When the flange or disk 9 is-made angular its corner will be pref' rably somewhat rounded and it will prevent the rolling of a spool when placed upon The flange 9 may be. madeintegral with the tubular socket piece e provided with an annular bead 13 (Fig. 7) and the tube may be extended above said bead so as to project beyond the end of the spool to be grasped for inserting said socket piece into a spool or withdrawing it therefrom.

The socket piece above described receives a removable holder 14 for a needle cushion 15. The holder 14 is made tubular in form and may be slit or slotted so as to causeit to closely embrace the cushion 15 which is placed therein. Such slotting or slitting of the holder will also enable it to be adapted to the inner wall of the socket piece and made to engage the same with sufiicient frictional contact to prevent its displacement. At one end the holder 14 is provided with an in wardly projecting annular lip 16 which will prevent the cushion 15 being forced beyond its upper end, the lower end of said cushion preferably being permitted to pro'ect beyond the lower open end of the tubu ar cushion holder 14. Between its ends the cushion holder 14 is provided with an annular bead 17 to engage the upper open end of the socket piece 1 and thus prevent the cushion and its holder from being inserted too far into the socket piece 1, while that portion of the holder 14 above the bead 17 serves as a handhold to be grasped by the user for withdrawing the holder and its cushion from the socket piece when the use of a-needle is desired.

If desired the socket piece might be omitted and the cushion holder placed directly in the-bore of the spool and made to have frictional contact with the wall thereof. In some cases it might be desired to omit the holder 14 and place the cushion 15 a removable socket piece having an open lower end.

The cushion 15 may be made of any suitseen in-Fig. 4, and if desired the needles may be placed in position and rolled with the material composing the cushion. In this way the needles may be properl separated from each other and made readi y accessible. It will of course be understood that the cushion will receive needles temporarily as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The cushion holder may be provided with an enlarged end portion 18 which may rest on the end of the spool and receive a cushion 19 for the accommodation ofv needles or pins which may be placed temporarily therein.

The cushion holder may be held by frictional contact within the socket piece as before explained 01 it may be provided with threads 20 to mesh with the threads 8 as shown in Fig. 10.

Various other slight changes in details of construction might be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or limiting its $00 e and hence I do not wish to restrict mysel to the'particular forms described nor to the use of my invention for needles, as pins may also be stored in'the manner described.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent,- is, i

1. A spool attachment which comprises a needle cushion and a holder therefor, each of substantially the diameter of the spool bore, the holder consisting of a hollow cylinder 0 en at both ends andhaving a longitudinal s it to permit contraction and expansion, said cylinder having also a radial annular flange projecting intermediate'its length. l

2'; Inc. device of the character described,

the combination with a socket piece adapted to be fitted in the bore of a spool, ofa "c lim drical cushion, and a holder to enter" said socket piece and'removably hold saidfcushion therein. V I

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a socket piece adapted to engage the wall of the bore of a spool and prevent accidental displacement of said socket piece from said spool, of a cylindrical cushion and a holder for the cushion to enter the socket .piece and removably hold the cushion in the latter and prevent its accidental dis lacement therefrom.

4. n a device of the character described, the combination with a socket piece adapted to be held in the bore of a spool and provided at one end with a flangeor disk to be disposed over the end of a spool, of a cylindrical cushion, and a holder for said cushion remov- I ably held in said socket piece.

. 5. In a device of the character described, the combination with a'socket piece adapted to be held in the bore of a spool and PIOVldGd at one end with a flange or disk to overhang one end of the s 001, said flange or disk having a periphera lip projecting toward the bead of the s 001, of a holder adapted to be held remova ly in said socket piece, and a cylindrical cushion carried by said holder.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination with a socket piece adapted to be held in the. bore of a spool, of a cylindrical cushion, and a tubular holder for said cushion adapted to be removably held within said socket piece, and provided exteriorly with a projection to engage one end of said socket piece.

,l in testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib-- ing Witnesses.

'FREDERIC EV. HAWKES.

l/Vitnesses:

L. E. HICKS, E. G. HICKS. 

